Share one track that has incredible groove - drop it in the comments below 👇 Tell us why it moves you and what you love about the rhythm. I'll go first :)

Hello everyone! I’m new here and really looking forward to learning with you all. Dave was kind enough to meet with me yesterday (what a welcome!), and he shared some thoughts that really stuck with me. For a bit of context: I’ve been playing drums for about 30 years, I’ve played and taught professionally, and I have a degree in music. One thing I’ve consistently struggled with is keeping a really solid groove throughout an entire tune—especially when moving between grooves and fills, or when phrases end and begin again. Up until now, most systems or teachers I’ve worked with have framed this as a lack of “headroom.” Basically, the idea is that my vocabulary and/or technique aren’t developed enough, so I’m operating at full capacity when I play and don’t have much left to focus on feel and groove. The solution has always been the same: learn more stuff, take in more information, and practice endless permutations. That’s been frustrating, because there’s no end to the amount of material out there—new variations, new systems, new videos on YouTube, etc. After decades of chasing that approach, I’m still struggling with the same issue. What Dave offered was a different perspective: there’s real value in going deeper with the things I can already do. Taking simple fill ideas or phrasing concepts that are already comfortable and really digging into them—using ideas like the Triangle of Pulse to feel them more deeply and understand them better—has a lot of potential. That was honestly a fresh and exciting shift for me. He also reminded me that when new vocabulary is needed, there’s huge depth in simply orchestrating rhythms or licks I already know in new ways. It’s a simple idea, but one that could easily keep someone discovering things for years. It also brought this quote to mind, which I love: “The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes.”

I live in Iceland. Playing drums with my group, any other drummers here?